Tinospora smilacina—Arrow-head Vine— MENISPERMACEAE
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Habitat— In dry rainforest, rare. Distribution— North from the Coorabakh National Park in New South Wales and into Queensland. Also Northern Territory and Western Australia. Description—Slender climber with ± succulent stems, glabrous, dioecious. Local occurrences— Coorabakh National Park
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Leaves.— Simple, alternate, palmately veined, variable in shape, lamina usually triangular–ovate to broad–triangular, 4 to 10 cm long, 2 to 8 cm wide, rather thin, base mostly cordate to truncate; petiole 1 to 8 cm long, upper pulvinus small or absent. |
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Inflorescence.—Not branched, mostly 4 to 8 cm long, borne amongst the leaves or sometimes appearing when plant is leafless. Flowering.— Summer Fruit.— A drupe, orange to red, globular to ellipsoid in groups of three, 6 to 10 by 6 to 9 mm, style remnants at the apex of the fruit. Ripe.—Autumn to Winter. |
Fruit.—A drupe, orange to red, globular to ellipsoid in groups of three, 6 to 10 by 6 to 9 mm, style remnants at the apex of the fruit. Ripe.—Autumn to Winter. |
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